kul

From Proto-Albanian * ̊kull-, from Proto-Indo-European *kwel- 'to revolve, twist'. Occurs almost exclusively in prefixed form with për-. Probably related to ul.

kul (first-person singular past tense (për)kula, participle (për)kulur)

1. to bend, crouch, bow

• përkul

kul

1. water

• Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen →ISBN, 1995)

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Compare Swedish kol, German Kohle, Dutch kool, English coal.

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/, [kʰɔl]

kul n (singular definite kullet, plural indefinite kul)

1. coal

See kule.

• IPA^(key): /kuːl/, [kʰuːˀl]

kul

1. imperative of kule

• IPA^(key): /kʏl/

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• Rhymes: -ʏl

From Middle Dutch cul, kul (“testicle”). Borrowed from Old French coille, from Latin cōleus ("testicle").

kul f (plural kullen, diminutive kulletje n)

1. (obsolete) testicle
2. (dialectal) marble (small ball used in various games)
3. (obsolete) loser, wuss, wimp

• beverskul
• kulkoek
• kullen
• vossenkulletje

Clipping of flauwekul, a compound of the adjective flauw (“insipid, tasteless”) and the noun kul (“testicle”).

kul m (uncountable)

1. nonsense, rubbish

• kulargument
• kulverhaal

• IPA^(key): [kʰʏːl]
• Rhymes: -ʏːl

kul n (genitive singular kuls, no plural)

1. (light) breeze

   Synonym: gola

Related to the noun kule

• IPA^(key): /kʉːɽ/, /kʉːl/
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ, -ʉːl
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

kul m (definite singular kulen, indefinite plural kuler, definite plural kulene)

1. bump, swelling (in the head or on a level surface)

From Swedish kul, with meaning influenced by English cool.

• IPA^(key): /kʉːl/
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

kul (masculine and feminine kul, neuter kult, definite singular and plural kule, comparative kulere, indefinite superlative kulest, definite superlative kuleste)

1. cool (awesome)

• IPA^(key): /kʉːl/
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

kul

1. imperative of kule

• “kul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• NAOB

Related to the noun kule

kul m (definite singular kulen, indefinite plural kular, definite plural kulane)

1. bump, swelling (in the head or on a level surface)

From Swedish kul, with meaning influenced by English cool.

kul (masculine and feminine kul, neuter kult, definite singular and plural kule, comparative kulare, indefinite superlative kulast, definite superlative kulaste)

1. cool (awesome)

kul

1. imperative of kule

• “kul” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kul/

kul f

1. genitive plural of kula

   Synonym: kuli

From English cool.

• IPA^(key): /kûːl/

kȗl (Cyrillic spelling ку̑л)

1. cool: popular, great, in fashion

   Taj frajer je zbilja kul! — That dude is really cool!

kȗl (Cyrillic spelling ку̑л)

1. cool, in a cool manner

Of unclear origin. Perhaps a clipping from an earlier kulan, from kula. First seen in 1911.

• IPA^(key): /kʉːl/

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• Rhymes: -ʉːl

kul

1. fun, nice, enjoyable, amusing

No inflected forms. Sometimes kulig is used when inflected forms are needed.

• jättekul
• kulig
• skitkul

• kula
• rolig
• skoj

• kul in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

From Ottoman Turkish قول‎ (qul, “male slave, servant”), from Proto-Turkic *kul (“slave, servant”). Cognate to Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰞‎ (qul, “slave”), Karakhanid قُلْ‎ (qul, “slave”), Khakas хул (xul).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊl/
• Hyphenation: kul

kul (definite accusative kulu, plural kullar)

1. slave
2. servant

• kullu
• kulsuz
• kulluk
• kullanmak
• kul köle
• hatasız kul olmaz

• köle

kul (positional)

1. to sit